Omar Calhoun

NEW YORK — Ryan Tucker was a visitor at Yankee Stadium in June. He had just finished a long, arduous round of chemotherapy for treatment of a brain tumor and the prognosis was good as he was made an honorary Yankee during the team's "Hope Week." As Ryan, 12, a little sheepish, was putting on his uniform at Jorge Posada's old locker, Derek Jeter walked by and reached out his hand. "Hi Ryan, I'm Derek Jeter. … You need a belt there, buddy?" Ryan's family, from Wilton, was in the dugout. "I asked Ryan later, 'Did you talk to Derek Jeter?'" recalled Bob Tucker, his father. "He said, 'No, Dad, he talked to...

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